the intersection of emergency preparedness, public health and environmental policy
Via BBC News: The BBC has conducted an investigation which demonstrated that Iraq purchased bomb detection devices in which the component purported to detect trace amounts of TNT was, in fact, "nothing but the type of anti-theft tag used to prevent stealing in high street stores." Iraqi Interior ministry still backing 'bomb detector' According to [...]
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KBR, through negligence, kills Americans in Iraq. Why is an oil services company supporting military operation?
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James Risen reports in the Times of July 18th (Electrical Risks at Iraq Bases Are Worse Than Said) thatShoddy electrical work by private contractors on United States military bases in Iraq is widespread and dangerous, causing more deaths and injuries from fires and shocks than the Pentagon has acknowledged, according to internal Army documents.During just [...]
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The New York Times published three articles in one day about fiscal impropriety, abuse of power, or incompetence of the Bush Administration.On the front page, James Risen writes "Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir." Charles Smith says he was fired from his job with the Army for refusing to approve paying more than [...]
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The Post World War II G.I. Bill paid 100% of tuition for veterans. Plus other benefits. Now it maxes out at $800 month. As U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Chuck argued in "A Post-Iraq G.I. Bill,"The New York Times, November 8, 2007: "[i]t is hardly enough to allow a veteran to attend man community colleges."In [...]
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Wikileaks has a report, "U.S. Military Equipment in Iraq (2007)," based on leaked documents, outlining the array and cost of equipment held by United States forces in Iraq:[photopress:M33A1_500_x_193_via_Wikileaks.jpg,full,pp_image]Important points (on our first reading) include: Chemical and biological weapons portable facilitiesThe United States has been caught with at least 2,386 low-grade chemical weapons deployed in Iraq. [...]
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In mid-2003, the World Health organization reported on cholera in Iraq: rom 28 April to 4 June 2003, a total of 73 laboratory-confirmed cholera cases have been reported in Iraq : 68 in Basra governorate, 4 in Missan governorate, 1 in Muthana governorate. No deaths have been reported. From 17 May to 4 June 2003, [...]
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